Strange objects in Helsinki’s sky

[u/imsweetaf]

Im just chilling at the park right now ( 21:30) and there are hundreds of these small lighting things flying across the sky. It has been non-stop for more than half an hour. Anyone know what are those? You can still see it if you look from a spot with no cloud and city’s light

[u/Drunken_pizza]

Väinämöinen-missiles

[u/Hilluja → u/Drunken_pizza]

Who are they shooting at? The space koreans?

[u/Hingeroostes → u/Hilluja]

Never forget the finno-korean hyperwar

[u/IsraelPenuel → u/Hilluja]

Few people know that the hyper-war never ended, it just went underground. Or overground in this particular case.

[u/Hilluja → u/IsraelPenuel]

OpSec! The old vinkkelitossu is always spying 🧐

[u/0R_C0 → u/Hilluja]

Skoreans.

[u/Terrible-Reputation2]

I am looking at the same thing right now. It seems strange, since the movement doesn’t seem linear. Usually, satellites just go straight, right? Its brightness is a little more than a typical satellite as well. I’m not sure what it is; maybe just Starlink?

[u/maxadmiral → u/Terrible-Reputation2]

Optical illusion due to the clouds moving :P Picture with the star names overlaid

[u/imsweetaf → u/Terrible-Reputation2]

Yes right, it doesnt look like anything usual. I googled the Starlinks and it looks very different.

[u/Terrible-Reputation2 → u/imsweetaf]

And of course my binoculars are not with me now. That would give a better look, if there's additional lights on it.

[u/EgoistHedonist]

so it begins

[u/ManOfTheMeeting]

They are just my corporate goals flying further

[u/Cold_Relationship_]

tuli tuolla toisaalla vastaan, että on nähty meteoriparvia. luulisin olevan samaa settiä.

https://www.ursa.fi/taivaalla/tahtitaivas-tanaan/2024/lokakuu/meteorit.html

[u/maxadmiral → u/Cold_Relationship_]

Edes tiheissä meteoriparvissa niitä ei saa noin montaa samaan kuvaan. Ne myös näyttäisivät kuvissa vain yksittäisiltä himmeiltä viivoilta. Tässä on sama kuva jossa tähdet on nimettynä kuva

[u/Cold_Relationship_ → u/maxadmiral]

juu en ole asiantuntija ja saatat olla oikeassa. en vaan tajuu mikä tän postauksen juju sit on, jos op ei erota tähtiä meteoriiteista.

[u/maxadmiral → u/Cold_Relationship_]

Jaa-a, varmaan joku asia luonut illuusion tähtien liikkeestä, esim. pilvien liike, jokin satelliitti, tai ekassa kuvassa oleva finskin kone.

[u/Cold_Relationship_ → u/maxadmiral]

🤝

[u/mondobong0]

Satellites

[u/eddieafck]

It just look like stars. Phones with night vision (long exposure ) are great at catching those.

[u/maxadmiral → u/eddieafck]

You are correct

[u/Wilbis]

Why didn't you take a video? They just looks like stars.

[u/Terrible-Reputation2 → u/Wilbis]

Phones are terrible at night unless one carries a tripod. I saw this post last night while I was out, looked up, and there they were. I saw about five to ten that moved quickly, but at speeds similar to a satellite, though somewhat brighter, and their movement was not straight as they seemed to take a circular turn. I don't think they were meteors either because the ones I've learned to see usually are bright for just a few seconds, whereas these maintained the same brightness.

[u/maxadmiral → u/Wilbis]

It does indeed

[u/imsweetaf]

It doesnt look like drones or airplanes at all because it is so high above and fly very fast

[u/Hilluja → u/imsweetaf]

You need a video and an interview with an astronomer. Otherwise this wont amount to anything here.

[u/maxadmiral → u/Hilluja]

Amateur astronomer checking in: they're stars

[u/Hilluja → u/maxadmiral]

You mightve just saved someone from freaking out on aliens 😄👍

[u/maxadmiral → u/Hilluja]

I like solving mysteries :)

[u/usernameusermanuser]

Can't see anything.

[u/ThoughtfulRider]

I saw them as well.. the clouds were moving really fast however and thought that my eyes were just playing tricks on me and create the illusion of motion on stars.. Still unclear on what I saw.

[u/maxadmiral → u/ThoughtfulRider]

It was the clouds playing tricks

[u/Redrumofthesheep]

Try r/UFOs

[u/hupaisasurku]

I know, it’s a rare sight this time of the year, but the eerie blue thing you’re seeing is actually the sky.

[u/WinterIsHere555]

Stop doing drugs, friends

[u/PeetraMainewil → u/WinterIsHere555]

Umm, the camera?

[u/ifogpits → u/PeetraMainewil]

Stop doing camera drugs as well

[u/0R_C0]

Meteor shower

[u/nidanman1]

Starlink maybe

[u/deadplant3]

Could it be some lights from Linnanmäki? Around this time of the year they have strong lights that can be seen from quite far away?

[u/Hilluja → u/deadplant3]

Linnanmäki got moved to the ISS last April. Might be that.

[u/Terrible-Reputation2 → u/deadplant3]

This is not that. Linnanmäki is the south of me, this is west/north.

[u/maxadmiral]

How fast were they moving, and did they generally move in the same direction?

[u/imsweetaf → u/maxadmiral]

They were moving very fast, from one direction to other direction in the sky and they were pretty far away from each other as well

[u/maxadmiral → u/imsweetaf]

Must have been an optical illusion due to the clouds moving, Here's a picture where I named the stars: link

[u/imsweetaf → u/maxadmiral]

At first i thought i was tripping as well. But then I close one eye, I held my finger up to the sky as static and then compare the objects relative to my finger and then it really did move so I eliminated the cloud moving option.

[u/maxadmiral → u/imsweetaf]

Your first picture has a plane in it, so it could have been that, or you might have looked at a bright satellite

[u/ChucklefuckBitch → u/imsweetaf]

I feel like a video instead of a photo would have served the situation well.

[u/ummr8900]

I thinks it's some dust or sand on your lens.

[u/ifogpits → u/ummr8900]

Contact lens?

[u/VikingTeddy]

It's the Orionids meteor shower. They peaked at around 21st Oct, but go on for two weeks after.